Peabody Museum staff were saddened to learn of the recent death of Dr. David M. Gipp (Wicahpi Isnala), Standing Rock Lakota, long-time president of United Tribes College in Bismarck, North Dakota. Dr. Gipp was a partner to the collaborative exhibit, Wiyohpiyata: Lakota Images of the Contested West, co-curated by Castle McLaughlin (Peabody Museum) and Butch Thunder Hawk (United Tribes College).

Left: Dr. David M. Gipp. Right:  Butch Thunder Hawk.